I have a confession: I am not always able to follow my own travel advice to choose happiness. Inconsiderate fellow travelers are my Achilles heel, and, even though I wish desperately that I could tune them out with a serene mantra (like “peace begins with me” from Gabrielle Bernstein’s Miracles Now: 108 Life-Changing Tools for […]
Calming rituals
How to Center Yourself After a Long Day of Travel
The simple act of getting somewhere can be exhausting. You may have taken an international flight, a long-distance bus, a road trip, or something else entirely, but the result is the same: you arrive at your destination feeling unmoored and disoriented. Commit to centering yourself. As much as you may feel that you need to […]
Centered like a thousand year old redwood tree
As I finish 2013 with one last move to a sweet redwood lined neighborhood in Sonoma County, California I ponder how to center myself like a tree that has been rooted in one spot for hundreds or thousands of years. Before you see the absolute brilliance of this inquiry, I must give credit to a […]